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...Somewhere about was "Dean"' Burns, the campus character who imagines he is the dean of Amherst, of Smith, of Mt. Holyoke. Many a student walked over to nearby Smith, whose ladies observe "They're mild but they satisfy." Then all over Amherst went the tantalizing news that Sabrina had been on view. Not only that, but Sabrina had been photographed, in the company of President King. Was it possible that Sabrina would reappear for the inaugural...
...bronze statue, nude and nearly life-sized, representing the waternymph in Milton's Comiis, Sabrina was presented to Amherst College in 1857 by one Joel .Hayden. For her nudity Sabrina became the object of many a practical joke. In 1890 the college authorities ordered her removed. Soon there began a series of frantic, tenacious, solemn battles over Sabrina, between the odd-numbered and even-numbered classes. She was first captured and hidden away in 1893. Thereafter Sabrina became known as the ''Goddess of Lord Jeffs." There arose Sabrina-traditions. Those in possession were "Sabrina Men" and must keep the statue...
Each year at Amherst, Sabrina, a small bronze goddess, appears. She is the symbol of superiority among undergraduates and her possession is bitterly disputed between the odd and even numbered classes. To the winner of the Michigan-Minnesota football game each year goes the coveted "Little Brown Jug.'' Illinois and Ohio State wage their annual game for a turtle called "Illlibuck." Columbia sophomores customarily attempt to acquire living mementos-the Freshman class officers; their efforts in the past have resulted in public riots in Manhattan's crowded Columbus Circle, chases in fleets of taxicabs, bewildered freshmen spending...
...born 57 years ago in Chesterfield, N. H. At Amherst College he studied science, was called "Doc" and chosen class president. Sabrina, Amherst's famed 350-lb. "goddess" statue, was stolen from the class of '93 for the '94 class dinner. Afterwards, "Doc" Stone helped sneak Sabrina to the barn of Herman C. Harvey, back in Chesterfield, there to hide her away under the floor from Calvin Coolidge's class. Agnes Harvey, Mr. Harvey's daughter, was a discreet girl. She could keep the secret of Sabrina. "Doc" Stone married...
...melodramatic finale is out of key with a long leisurely narrative, packed as it is with rhapsodies on the Severn ("Sabrina Fair"), characterizations of local gentry, exposition of the difficulties and triumphs of a doctor's career...